'The Art of Negotiation' Hits 8.3% Viewership High
Mar 24, 2025
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In the sixth episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday Drama 'Negotiation Techniques' (written by Lee Seung-young, directed by Ahn Pan-seok), M&A teams Yoon Jun-no (Lee Je-hoon), Oh Soon-young (Kim Dae-myeong), Kwak Min-jeong (Ahn Hyun-ho), and Choi Jin-soo (Cha Kang-yoon) signed a large-scale contract with Japanese company Shimizu, barely escaping the bankruptcy risk facing the industrial group and relieving viewers. As a result, the viewership for the sixth episode reached 8.3 percent in the Seoul metropolitan area and 8 percent in the country, breaking its own highest ratings once again (based on Nielsen Korea paid households)
M&A team members made Choi Jin-soo, the youngest member of the Japanese company Shimizu, form a consensus with Hirose (Hitomi Miyauchi), leading Shimizu to find out what Shimizu wanted. Hirose told Choi Jin-soo about all the internal circumstances that were confused by the personnel appointment along with the headquarters transfer, and the M&A team, which found out that what Shimizu wanted was performance, again reversed the game of negotiations.
First, Yun Juno took care of Shimizu's performance and made it a condition to pay the down payment in advance so that the industrialists could secure a large amount of supplies at a low price. Shimizu also accepted the conditions of the mountaineer and just before signing the contract in a way that both sides could benefit, production plant manager Naito (Aoki Munetaka) suddenly opposed it, embarrassing everyone.
Yoon Jun-ho and the M&A team, who were involved in the deal without knowing the reason, heard from Shimizu about the past hidden in Naito's family and found a breakthrough to solve the situation. Yun Juno, who failed to even persuade Naito in person, saw a signboard of 溫 hanging on the wall while touring the factory and recalled the blueprint and photos of Park Rae-kyung (Kim Chang-wan), the CEO of Wind.
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In response, Yun Juno delivered a photo of the moment of Daichi's takeover from Park Rae-kyung and a letter written by Park Rae-kyung himself to resolve the misunderstanding in Naito's mind. Feeling Park Rae-kyung's sincerity to respect and protect the craftsmanship of Daichi and 父 in the letter, Naito touched the viewers in tears, saying "Thank you".
Yun Juno and the M&A team, who persuaded Naito's mind, succeeded in signing a new contract on favorable terms for the industrial man. At the same time, it defended the stock prices of managing director Lee Dong-joon (played by Oh Man-seok), whose position in the company was in jeopardy due to the failure to list Wind, and the industrial group, which fell rapidly, providing thrilling catharsis.
Yoon Jun-ho and the M&A team escaped the crisis with a decisive move, but another unexpected bad news hit the industrial group, causing a new shock. If Song Jae-sik (Sung Dong-il), chairman of the industrial group, fails to repay the money borrowed by collateralizing stocks, the industrial group and Song Jae-sik are in danger of collapsing once again. As the loan must be paid back on time, Yun Juno is curious about how to solve the situation.
The seventh episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday Drama 'Negotiation Techniques', which continues to raise 11 trillion won, will air at 10:30 p.m. on the 29th.
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